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Great speeches: Harold Macmillan

Introduction to and archive coverage of Harold Macmillan's 'The wind of change' speech. Due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to publish the full text of the speech online

24 April 2007

  • No going back

    In South Africa, Macmillan could merely have offered benign reflections or stressed the importance of trading links. He did these things, writes former foreign secretary Douglas Hurd, but also delivered one of the defining statements of British policy in the 20th century.

4 February 1960

  • Plain words to South Africa

    February 4 1960: Mr Macmillan's speech to the South African Parliament here today, in which he unexpectedly went out of his way to emphasise the differences between British and South African policies in Africa, is hailed locally as a political event of considerable significance to the Union.
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